Halloween/Fall Traditions
This popular pie is most often featured during autumn.
Pumpkin Pie
_______________ is about a friendly ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine.
Casper
What's wrong with this sentence?
Trick or treating all night long.
It is a fragment.
Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, yet I nearly perish in the midday sun. What am I?
A shadow
On average, each kid receives ____________ piece(s) of candy per house when trick or treating.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
B) 2
Tim Burton directed this 1993 stop motion motion classic featuring Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
What is wrong with this sentence?
Sal dressed as a pirate Tanya went as a ghost.
It is a run-on.
The person who built it sold it. The person who bought it never used it. The person who used it never saw it. What is it?
A coffin
Families flock to farms around Halloween to go on __________ ___________ rides for mild scares.
haunted hay (rides)
Vampire Count Dracula is said to be from the country _____________________.
Transylvania
What is wrong with this sentence?
I ate a whole pound of candy my stomach is killing me.
It is a run-on
A zombie, a mummy and a ghost bought a house. It has all the usual rooms except for one. What room won’t you find?
A living room
Americans spend approximately _______________ on Halloween candy each year.
A) $10,000,000 (ten million)
B) $50,000,000 (fifty million)
C) $3,000,000,000 (three billion)
C) $3,000,000,000 (three billion)
Ichabod Crane saw a headless horseman in the town of _________________
Sleepy Hollow
Identify the two verbs and decide whether each is an action or linking verb:
October is a fun month, and the colorful leaves are beautiful.
is - linking
are - linking
I have thousands of ears, but I can’t hear a thing. What am I?
A cornfield
A recent study found the least popular Halloween candies in America. Name one of the three least popular candies.
1. Big Circus Peanuts
2. Candy Corn
3. Peanut Butter Kisses
Which character waits in a pumpkin patch to see a mythical Halloween symbol appear in It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
Linus
Identify the two verbs and decide whether each is an action or linking verb:
At the apple farm, we picked all kinds of fruit and ate them that night.
picked - action
ate - action
I am different sizes, shapes and colors.
Many can see my veins.
I don’t go inside.
The trees are where I reside.
What am I?
A leaf